Florida sees major surge in health care enrollment

December enrollment at more than 140,000

12:26 AM,
Jan. 14, 2014

HealthCare.gov website

Written by

Ledyard King
| FLORIDA TODAY

More than 140,000 Floridians signed up in December for health insurance coverage through online exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act, Obama administration officials announced Monday.

The number of new enrollees marks a nearly 10-fold increase over the 17,908 who signed up during the first two months the exchanges were open.

The dramatic growth after anemic enrollment in October and November comes as advocates aggressively pitch the program and fixes are made to the federal online exchange, HealthCare.gov, that was plagued with problems when it launched. ...